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NEw HAVEN, CONN., MAY ov, 1897,
THE CAMPUS LIFE.
The exercises of Omega Lambda Chi
evening, brief though they were, and
abbreviated, as to the climax, by the
elimination of a general engagement at
the Fence between the classes of ’99
and 1900, still indicated a wholesome
Spirit and the health’ of “excellent tra-
dition. What will become of such
events, when the quadrangle is cleared
internally (if so be that all things his-
toric are to be removed from it) and a
plan is actually carried out for produc-
ing a pleasing effect to the eye in green
grass and clean-cut paths, and,mayhap, |
shrubs and other elements of the art
of the landscape gardener?
Can these exercises be transferred to
some specially provided ground for
general “games” (if we may be allowed
to draw on the vernacular of the Cam-
pus for a most expressive term) some
distance from the Campus? We hardly
think this can be done, and we know
that Yale life will lose, if robbed of any
such wholesome features. Thee are
conditions that daily threaten thethings
we call Yale life, of which the valuable
element is the Yale spirit. There is no
use in denying it. The increasing size
of the University and the growth of
New Haven are factors which are in
themselves hostile to the preserva-
tion of some of the features
which were most prized by the Yale
graduates of not more than eight or
ten years ago. These conditions are
not fatal to these valued elements of
Yalel ife by any means, and the robust-
ness and vigor of that life are amply
testified to by the way in which it has
stood up against these adverse condi-
tions. But it can not be given an un-
favorable environment without being
affected by it, and it ought to be the
most earnest aim of all who have to do
with the government of the University
to resist and to offset all the unfavor-
able influences that now crowd about
and upon the social life of the under-
gradutes, and to ever bear in mind in
planning for the future of Yale, that
there is that in her possession which
is worth more than all the millions and
tens of millions that may come to her
in her material development, than
which none of her treasures should be
more zealously guarded. It is worth
while providing for the social life and
spirit of Yale. It is not wise to assume
that it will take care of itself.
VATE! “ATJWBRENI
PRESIDENT ELIOTS CRITICISMS.
President Eliot does not like sports in
whieh there is the feature of personal
contact and says he speaks for the Har-
vard Corporation, too. His objection,
presumably, is th sports are more
or less like prize fighting, and in so far
bad for both contestants and specta-
tors. Football is, of course, the game
especially aimed at.
This condemnation rests upon the
abuses of football. We say that, for
we presume that President Eliot would
not condemn it simply because there
is a chance of men getting hurt in the
play. Of course, the chance always
exists, but if we eliminate sports from
the training of young men simply on
this ground, we will throw overboard
many another good game and pastime
along with football, and dispose of
some of the best education we have.
The President of Harvard has in mind
the unfortunate results which come
from the playing of the game, or the
preparation of players, by those who
have not a high and sensitive standard
of honor and who are unable to con-
trol themselves. The remedy is to dis-
pose of such men altogether, and not
to dispose of the splendid game which
they bring into disrepute.
President HEliot’s last criticism of ath-
letics has many another point to which
we cannot take exception. We of
course do not refer to his animadver-
sion on the athletes of Harvard. This
is rather surprising, but is purely a
Harvard matter. He is on the right
track in what he says on excessive
cheering in support of a team, which
is often merely an attack on the oppos-
ing team, and the dangers to true col-
lege sport from the spirit of commer-
cialism.
On the whole, President Eliot is more
optimistic than usual, and whether one
d@rees with him or not, he cannot but
be interested in his forceful and frank
opinions.
Divinity School Hidsweecnti
61 Trumbull Street, al
New Haven, Conn., May 27, 1897. §
To the Editor of The Yale Alumni Week-
iy; us
In your issue of May 20th the endow-
ments of the Yale Divinity School are
referred to in an editorial as ‘‘magnifi-
cent.’’ This statement conveys a wrong
impression.
School is not magnificently endowed. Ac-
cording to the last report, that of 1893-94
of the United States Commissioner of
Education the following are the endow-
ments of several of the leading theologi-
cal schools of our country:
Andover Theological Seminary (Congre-
gational) $610,000.
Auburn Theological Seminary (Presby-
terian), $637,000.
Chicago Theological Seminary (Congre-
gational), $1,185,772..
Garrett Biblical Institute of Evanston,
Chicago (Methodist), $700,000.
General Theological Seminary New
York (Protestant Episcopal), $787,859.
Princeton Theological Seminary (Pres-
byterian), $1,317,897.
Union Theological Seminary New York
(Presbyterian), $1,250,000.
Yale Divinity School, $574,459.
In addition to these eight theological
schools, having greater endowments than
the Yale Seminary, must be added the
McCormick Theological Seminary of Chi-
cago (Presbyterian), and the Baptist Sem-
inary in connection with the Chicago
University.
Since the publication of this report the
endowment of the Yale Divinity School
has increased to above $600,000, but is fair
to presume that the endowments of the
other theological schools have also in-
creased proportionately.
Edward J. Curtis.
The word “endowment” was improperly
used in the Editorial. The reference was to
the large sums of money given in the form of
scholarships and other aid to students.
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DR. ELIOT ON ATHLETICS,
Hie Doesn’t Like Processions or Howl=
ing at Games.
Cambridge, Mass., May 24.—An ad-
dress of much interest to undergradu-
ates of the University during the past
week was given by President Eliot last
Wednesday evening in the Foge Art
Museum. The fact that the President
is generally regarded by the students
as an uncompromising foe to intercol-
legiate contests, and particularly to
given.
at New Haven as at Cambridge, even
Relatively the Yale Divinity
Whe KLY
football, tended to enhance the im-
portance of what he might say. His
remarks were more moderate than his
previous utterances had led his hear-
ers to expect they would be, and he
was frequently cheered. His opening
was devoted to sketching briefly the .
growth of athletics as a department
of the University, and he related how
the Harvard Delta had been used as a
play ground, and how Jarvis Field,
Holmes’ Field, Norton’s Field, and fin-
ally Soldiers’ Field, had been success-
Sively secured and given over to stu-
dent spcrts. :
In discussing the position of the cor-
poration toward athletics, he said that
the members of that body approved
of sports, but wanted those which
called for brains and moral stamina.
In this connection he said: “They
would like to see the Harvard crew
row a good hard race, even though it
lost, but they object violently to the
sort of processions which they have
seen. : . You have heard how
in English ‘regattas the boats pull up
and pass one another. This is the kind
of race that the corporation wants to
see.
“They like to see a track team do as
well in competition as in practice.
Failure to equal the records made in
practice seems to denote some discour-
aging moral failure under adverse con-
ditions.”’
He then went on to criticise the con-
tinuous cheering at the games. “What
is this ‘support’ of which we have
heard so much? It is to cheer, to yell,
to howl, and to howl the other crowd
down. That represents exactly what
the corporation is not interested in.
A lawyer sometimes must plead when
he has not the support of a single per-
son in the room, or even in the city.
The surgeon must make up his mind
to operate when all the bystanders
think that the step is desperate.
“Such support as is popularly de-
manded does not cultivate that kind
of spirit. I have read for many years
about this ‘support’ of: teams. That
is just what they ought not to be
The team ought to do as well
if there is not a Harvard man within
one hundred miles at the time.”
Referring to his personal experience
in athletics, he spoke of the value of
- physical training to him in -his work.
He advocated sports in which players
do not come in personal contact, such
as boating, tennis, hunting and fishing.
He spoke a good word for gotf and dis-
couraged football. Whether he would
go so far as to advocate intercollegiate
fishing to take the place of football he
left to the conjecture of the listener.
In concluding he spoke in an opti-
mistic vein of college athletics. The
lessening of prominence given to the
financial side of the question, the prac-
tice of playing games on college
grounds, and, in general, the progress
toward a vurer amateur standard he
commended. The new director of
Harvard’s rowing interests was com-
plimented. ‘‘We are much indebted to
Mr. Lehmann for bringing here the
best idea of amateur sport. It has
been difficult to establish a right con-
ception of amateur svort in this coun-
try, where there were no traditions,
but we have made great progress. Still
we have much to learn. We. still
charge admission fees, and have our
huge grand stand and _ professional
trainers.’’
It was a matter for regret that Dr.
Eliot did not explain how a student
can devote tén hours a day to study,
which he advocates as the proper
amount for the average student. and -
still give enough attention to athlet-
ics to furnish races instead of proces-
sions. J. WESTON ‘ALLEN.
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